{"id":180547,"date":"2021-02-28T11:15:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T16:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=180547"},"modified":"2021-02-28T11:20:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T16:20:50","slug":"nebraska-gop-rebukes-sen-ben-sasse-but-doesnt-censure-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nebraska-gop-rebukes-sen-ben-sasse-but-doesnt-censure-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska GOP Rebukes Sen. Ben Sasse but Doesn\u2019t Censure Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnebraska-gop-rebukes-sen-ben-sasse-but-doesnt-censure-him%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=180547&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-nebraska\">Nebraska<\/a>\u2019s Republican party on Saturday voted to rebuke Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ben-sasse\">Ben Sasse<\/a> (R-Neb.) for failing to take action on repealing and replacing Obamacare and for his actions and statements against former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The Nebraska GOP\u2019s\u00a0State Central Committee passed an \u201cexpression of disappointment\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asanderford\/status\/1365754352347004928\">resolution<\/a> against Sasse, who won re-election last year with Trump\u2019s backing.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution says Sasse, when first elected, promised to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, but has \u201cfailed to take any meaningful action to fulfill that or any other promise he made during campaign season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also noted that Sasse requested and received an endorsement from Trump but now criticizes supporters of the former president, including Nebraska Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>And it highlighted how Sasse has said he refused to vote for Trump in 2016, \u201cwhich, if broadly followed,\u201d would have led to a win for Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>Other paragraphs knocked Sasse for being critical of lawsuits brought on behalf of Trump but not saying anything about the approximately 200 lawsuits brought by Democrats seeking weaker election security protocols, his silence on the closure of major industries due to President Joe Biden\u2019s halting of the Keystone XL Pipeline, and his failure to take steps to reform the U.S. immigration policy.<\/p>\n<p>Sasse voted this month to convict Trump on a charge of incitement of insurrection, but 43 of his GOP colleagues voted no. Trump was acquitted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, therefore, be it resolved that the Nebraska Republican Party Central Committee expresses its deep disappointment and sadness with respect to the service of Senator Ben Sasse and calls for an immediate re-adjustment whereby he represents the people of Nebraska to Washington and not Washington to the people of Nebraska and stands rebuked,\u201d the resolution concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3696118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sen-sasse-walking-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) leaves the chamber as the Senate voted to consider hearing from witnesses in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington on Feb. 13, 2021. (J. Scott Applewhite\/AP Photo)<\/p>\n<p>The resolution was passed in lieu of a censure. Other Republican senators who voted to convict Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/5-of-7-republican-senators-who-convicted-trump-have-been-censured-in-home-states_3701941.html\">were censured by state parties<\/a>, including Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.). Sasse has been censured by county GOPs.<\/p>\n<p>The executive committee was divided on whether to censure Sasse, the Omaha World-Herald <a href=\"https:\/\/omaha.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/govt-and-politics\/nebraska-gop-rebukes-sen-ben-sasse-stops-short-of-censure\/article_74bd1db0-75ed-11eb-beee-0fd210fd52f8.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Carol Friesen, chairwoman of the Lincoln County GOP, said she wanted a censure, but would support the resolution if that was the only choice.<\/p>\n<p>Pat McPherson, who used to be a\u00a0member of the Nebraska State Board of Education, argued a censure could end up boosting Sasse.\u00a0\u201cWhen you start using the term censure, you turn around and promote what he thinks will be helpful for his run for the presidency,\u201d McPherson said.<\/p>\n<p>In a response statement, Sasse said: \u201cThere are lots of good people involved in party activism and I care about them, but most Nebraskans don\u2019t think politics should be about the weird worship of one dude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His spokesman added: \u201cBen\u2019s won far more votes and also earned more censures than anybody in Nebraska history, so maybe the two actually go hand in hand. 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